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. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 BRIEF HISTORY OF PHENOMENOLOGY Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 STUDY OF THE PSYCHE PARANORMAL RESEARCH "Psychical Research "Parapsychology + R V Paychology *Depth Paychology Mesmerism Hypnotiam ASC'a 1700 1800 1900 2000 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE SOCIETY 1. The investigation of telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, veridical hallucinations and dreams, psychometry, and other forms of paranormal cognition; of phenomena bearing upon the hypothesis of survival of bodily death; of claims of paranormal physical phenomena such as psychokinesis and poltergeists; the study of automatic writing, trance speech, alter- ations of personality, and other subconscious processes insofar as they may be related to paranormal processes; in short, all types of phenomena called parapsychological or para- normal. 2. The collection, classification, study, and publication of reports dealing with the above phenomena. Readers are asked to report incidents and cases. Names and places must be given, but on request will be treated as confidential. 3. The maintenance of a library on psychical research and related subjects. Contribu- tions of books and periodicals will be welcomed. - Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 PSYCHIC RESEARCH/PARAPSYCHOLOGY · 1850'S - Fox sisters (1848); W. Crooks (1875) - Society for Psychical Research (SPR 1882) - ASPR (1886) · 1920's / 1930's - E. J. Garrett - J. Dunne - M. Sinclair / A. Einstein / W. McDougal - J. B. Rhine (Duke Univ. / FRNM) - R. Warcollier / L. Vasilliev - H. Sherman Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 May Frances Turner June Bailey A. J. Linzmayer T. Coleman Cooper C. E. Stuart Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 J.B. RHINE'S OBSERVATIONS . Most subjects can do clairvoyance, telepathy . Daily fluctuations occur · Drugs, coffee affects · Works at a distance - Performance increases noted Rational, sensory processes interfere Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 J.B. RHINE'S OBSERVATIONS Cont'd · Abstraction, "concentration" required · Major procedure changes disturb · Conflict of purpose spoils concentration · Self-consciousness lowers results . Dissociation lowers capacity to concentrate · ESP use over time does not decline - May be cyclic - May be below chance for negative attitude Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 J.B. RHINE'S OBSERVATIONS Cont'd · Interest, effort, attention cause variations · Light humorous mood best · No evidence of further development after brief initial period Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 J.B. RHINE'S OBSERVATIONS Cont'd · Best results when both "sender and "receiver" have talent - Even if the "sender" is fatigued · Results somewhat positive, even if the "sender" has no talent · Poor results if "receiver" has poor talent, even with good "sender" Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
pproved by Harold Sherman and Sir Hubert Wilkins THOUGHTS THROUGH SPACE An Exciting, Pioneering Adventure in Long Distance Telepathy! Foreword by Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Roteas 001-9 VASILIEV EXPERIMENTS IN DISTANT INFLUENCE DISCOVERIES BY RUSSIA'S FOREMOST PARAPSYCHOLOGIST Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
PSYCHIC RESEARCH/PARAPSYCHOLOGY Cont'd 1950's - E. J. Garrett / F. Bolton (PF) A.S.P.R. (J. Kidd Case) 1960's - C. Carlson / M. Ullman - Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) - A & O Worrell / G. L. Martin / J. McDonnell - C. Honorton (PRL) . .. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Appr 10001-9 DREAM TELEPATHY Experiments in Nocturnal ESP Montague Ullman, M.D., and Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., with Alan Vaughan Foreword by Gardner Murphy, Ph.D. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 PLATE 13: An Attic vase (Foot Race), another form of target used in the dream studies (see page 129). (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Rogers Fund, 1914) Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 ! :
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER OBSERVATIONS · Vivid, potent, dynamic material is best · Must be relaxed, passive with increase of inner attention · Female participants are more sensitive to colors · Rapport, bonds, emotional tones important · Motivation, goals are important · Openness, self-acceptance is important · Waking PSI experience is not important Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 PSYCHIC RESEARCH/PARAPSYCHOLOGY Cont'd · 1970's - B. Dunne / Dean Jahn (Princeton Univ. Lab) - Y. Geller / P. Price / I. Swann - Puthoff / Targ (SRI) - T. Crowe / W. Church - W. Braude (MSF) - Others · 1980's - A. Kostler -- B. Morris (Univ. of Edinburo, UK) Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
A proved For Releasel2 00 @B/ B hd RIDADE 00789R002600310 01-9 HUMAN PERFORMANCE Issues, Theories, and Techniques NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Approved For Releas 01-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 REPLY TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY ON PARAPSYCHOLOGY JOHN A. PALMER CHARLES HONORTON JESSICA UTTS ...... A SPECIAL REPORT PREPARED FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC .. Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 . PHENOMENA TERMINOLOGY . INFORMATIONAL - Extrasensory Perception (ESP) - Telepathy - Clairvoyance - Precognition - Other - RV ENERGETIC - Psychokinesis (PK) - "B-I-T-N" - Healing? Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 DIFFICULTIES . No adequate theory - Limits in current understanding - Interdiciplinary needs · Acceptability - Lack of formal proof - Replication difficult - Cultural constraints - Counterfits . Person dependent - Individual style - Complex psychodynamics - Support Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 PHENOMENA OCCURRANCE SITUATIONS . Waking State - Intuitions - Synchronicity . Altered/Dissociated State - Day dreams - Ganzfeld - Dreams - Hypnosis - Trance Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9
Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9 SUMMARY · Phenomena have deep roots · Spontaneous phenomena keep occurring · A wide variety of research exists - Reality demonstrated - Progress is slow - Goal orientation · Application interests continue Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R002600310001-9